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by elfsprin
Mon Nov 28, 2022 4:20 am
Forum: World
Topic: Little facts that don’t deserve their own threads
Replies: 34
Views: 65648

Re: Little facts that don’t deserve their own threads

Chainsaws were invented by two Scottish doctors; their purpose was to assist with childbirth.
by elfsprin
Fri Oct 07, 2022 5:16 am
Forum: World
Topic: What are you reading?
Replies: 232
Views: 247070

Re: What are you reading?

I really liked that! I'm a bit drunk so I won't post about it now but I have some thoughts. Here's the text for folks who can't access it. I just copy/pasted, it might be fucked up from endless advertisements, IDK. Ihave few memories of being four—a fact I find disconcerting now that I’m the father ...
by elfsprin
Fri Oct 07, 2022 5:06 am
Forum: World
Topic: Clothes & navigating social stuff
Replies: 24
Views: 40307

Re: Clothes & navigating social stuff

I went to an Asian woman's house to swap some things and I forgot about the shoes off custom. She unexpectedly invited me in and had to tell me about she shoes. It was a little basement apartment and she didn't have the raised or lowered shoe removing section that I read about after I left. I was a...
by elfsprin
Mon Mar 28, 2022 3:43 am
Forum: World
Topic: Happy Thursday
Replies: 10
Views: 8274

Re: Happy Thursday

When I managed a tier two devops team, we supported decades old legacy apps and infrastructure. Like, stuff still on the mainframe using adabas and workflow orchestrators calling c programs and macros running on pcs hidden under someone’s desk for twenty years. Also the apps had been outsourced then...
by elfsprin
Thu Mar 10, 2022 6:42 am
Forum: World
Topic: What did you learn about in History?
Replies: 18
Views: 11357

Re: What did you learn about in History?

I guess I should specify I’m thinking about 6th grade social studies which was my last class purportedly addressing history exclusively. I had a bunch of history in high school and it was very good, but very niche and in the context of other classes. Eg: In our required Old Testament class, we read ...
by elfsprin
Thu Mar 10, 2022 6:37 am
Forum: World
Topic: What did you learn about in History?
Replies: 18
Views: 11357

Re: What did you learn about in History?

Almost nothing worthwhile.
by elfsprin
Wed Feb 16, 2022 5:20 am
Forum: World
Topic: What are you watching?
Replies: 982
Views: 413347

Re: What are you watching?

by elfsprin
Fri Feb 11, 2022 6:27 am
Forum: World
Topic: Covid news and views
Replies: 185
Views: 148632

Re: Covid news and views

Wait, what? You tested negative on a PCR? I tested negative on a PCR too and I never found out what happened. Why did he say you'd test negative? The false negative rate on PCR tests is small but not negligible. IIRC it’s around 7%. This is why I always co-test with my spouse, who is now fully coha...
by elfsprin
Tue Feb 08, 2022 8:32 pm
Forum: World
Topic: Growing food from seed
Replies: 7
Views: 3361

Re: Growing food from seed

djm thought you might appreciate these. I bought them in like 2009 when I got my first house and started on my quest to grow my own food. Highly rated by me 👍
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by elfsprin
Mon Feb 07, 2022 8:57 pm
Forum: World
Topic: Growing food from seed
Replies: 7
Views: 3361

Re: Growing food from seed

*moans with desire*

Want.
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